I never really like soaps.

In fact, I hate them.

They made my skin dry and had this weird film clinging onto me even after a gazillion of rinses with water.

But, as you know, being a curious little girl (am I still one?), I think soaps deserve a second chance from me. Not all soaps are that bad, right?

And because I am no longer a student using my parent’s money, I bought expensive soaps to use!

Expensive? You bet! RM40-50 per piece! Is this not expensive? I grew up with those RM2-3 soap okay?

So yes, I indulged in Lush soaps when they were having their 15% sales. I just had to! They had this weird voice calling my name every single minute! Really!

Before I go mad… really mad… here’s the soap I got myself.

Lush Coalface Cleanser

Lush Coalface Cleanser

Removes impurities and tones combination skin
Who would have thought charcoal and liquorice could get along? One is tough and gritty, the other sweet and syrupy. But charcoal and liquorice could just be the odd couple of skin care, teaming up to fight oily, troubled skin in our Coalface cleanser. Powdered charcoal removes impurities and mildly exfoliates while liquorice heals naturally. Sandalwood oil tones the skin (and mediates should charcoal and liquorice disagree about anything).

Ingredients: Liquorice Root Decoction (Glycyrrhiza glabra), Propylene Glycol, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Stearate, Rosewood Oil (Aniba rosaeordora), Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Powdered Charcoal, Sandalwood Oil (Santalum album), Glycerine, Sodium Chloride, EDTA, Tetrasodium Etidronate, *Linalool, Perfume, Silver Edible Lustre (Potassium aluminum silicate, Titanium dioxide, Iron oxides and hydroxides).

*Naturally occurs in essential oils

Info taken from Lush

As you can see, the big chunk wrapped with white papers is the original size of the soap. Coalface is slightly bigger than Queen of Hearts . It’s not very big, in fact, for the money I paid for, I expected it to be bigger in size! Oh well, I guess I paid for the quality? Yes? No? We’ll find out later.

Because I am testing the soaps out, I decided not to use the whole chunk at one go. I cut them up into small pieces (like the picture on your right), and use them slowly, piece by piece. So if I experience any weird breakouts or anything, I could give those unused pieces away! Hygenic right? I got this idea from lovely Izzy who’s such a huge fan of Lush and I remember her writing about cutting it up in pieces to use slowly!

Oh, I store the unused pieces in a container and place them in a fridge to prolong their lifespan.

Smart, aren’t I?

Coalface is a dirty black coloured soap, which comes with a really strong minty charcoal-y scent! It’s really awful in the beginning, when you are not used to it! Seriously! And the smell actually covers up the lovely rose smell from Queen of Hearts, making Queen of Hearts smelling like burnt roses. =_= I kid you not!

But the scary part ends here.

Coalface is my night cleanser, to get rid of all the grimy oil and dirt that’s stuck on my face. And I grimaced initially at the smell, but after 2 weeks of usage, I find it ok, though I still wish it smells nicer.

It’s not as foamy, or can I say, it’s NOT foamy at all compared to my other cleansers, and sometimes you wonder are you using it the right way. But I checked at every available sources and I know I am doing things right, so maybe I’m not used to it? Anyway, being foamy is just a small matter.

It cleanses wonderfully! My skin is left squeaky clean (wheee!) but NOT tight or drying! And for the first time in my life, such a simple soap as this manage to minimize my blackheads! Seriously!!! I have not been scrubbing my face for 2 weeks now, no masking in between and definitely didn’t do any funny things to my nose just to extract those silly blackheads. And usually during the time of the month I would have a zit or two, but this time, nothing! Just clean, soft, smooth, squeaky clean face! And oh, your skin does feel like you have a scrub on it too! Smooth and bright!

And one small piece of the soap lasted me for 2 weeks and still going strong! But do bear in mind I only use this at night

I would definitely love to grab this again, as it is just so lovely! Maybe I should try Lush Dark Angels next, but hm… Lush doesn’t ship internationally and the shipping rates are pretty expensive…

Oh well, I shall have to find a way to get them. Any ideas?

Coming next up is Lush Queen of Hearts Complexion Soap!